Amidst all the gloom and doom in Europe it may have escaped your attention that the US can now borrow money at less than zero percent. Adjusted for inflation. Yes, that’s right. People are paying the US to take their cash off their hands. This is an extraordinary moment. The US, which has an old […]

Some quick thoughts for a summer weekend: I am reading Richard Posner’s book: “The Crisis of Capitalist Democracy”. He and I do not agree on much, if anything, but the book is s decent read and gives a perspective worth knowing. But I could not avoid choking on my coffee when he describes the activities […]